Posted: May 06, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 6
Here’s how four Ottawa students are handling the pandemic’s third wave
CBC News Ottawa7 hours ago
1:29Grade 5 student Akwa Udoeyop, Grade 7 student Darya Heynen, Grade 9 Demeter Riedmueller, and Grade 12 Vanessa Brohman all gave CBC News an answer to the same question how are you doing during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic?1:29
Since the beginning of the pandemic, CBC Ottawa has kept tabs on four students as they navigated in-person classes during COVID-19. Now that they re learning online for the foreseeable future, we check back in with the Class of COVID-19.
What s the latest?
People age 50 and older, those with high-risk health conditions and others who can t work from home, including education workers, are now eligible to register for a COVID-19 vaccine in Ontario.
Ontario is scheduled to break out of its stay-at-home order on May 20, but health experts say we re likely not going to be ready, especially if we don t want to end up back in another pandemic wave.
Large, traditional outdoor festivals and sweaty concerts in nightclubs have been shuttered completely for more than a year, but some believe they could make a comeback as early as late summer.
Akwa Udoeyop, 10, Elmdale Public School I don t have to wear a mask . because I m in my home, observes 10-year-old Akwa Udoeyop.
On his desk sits a Chromebook surrounded by Lego. On the floor there s a hockey net, a shooting pad and a yoga mat.
There are upsides to learning from home, according to Udoeyop. He gets to sleep in an extra hour, and he doesn t have to worry about packing a lunch or rushing to the bus stop. I just have to log on and go to the meeting, he said. And I can grab a snack at any time.